Brain storms the race to unlock the mysteries of Parkinson's Disease
"A star science journalist with Parkinson's reveals the inner workings of this perplexing disease. Seven million people worldwide suffer from Parkinson's-- with sixty thousand new cases diagnosed each year in the U.S. alone-- and it remains an enigma, with doctors, researchers, and patients hunting...
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Scientific American / Farrar, Straus and Giroux,
2015.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- "Discovery"
- Restoration
- The case of the frozen addicts
- Mind over matter
- Patient power
- Surgical serendipity
- The exercise Rx
- New neurons for old
- Neuroprotection
- Rebranding Parkinson's Disease
- The descendants
- When good proteins go bad
- Damage assessment
- Learning from Alzheimer's
- Medicinal gold
- Brain storms.
